Surgery

future women surgeons gathered

UConn Championing More Women Surgeons

Record Number of Female Medical Students Match into Future Careers in Surgery

Central Sterile Processing Department

Teamwork is also Behind the Scenes at UConn Health

The Unsung Heroes of the Central Sterile Processing Department

Dr. Ketan Bulsara lecturing in academic rotunda

UConn Health’s Dr. Ketan Bulsara Elected to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery

Considered among the most prestigious neurosurgery organizations in US

patient and physician speaking in exam room

Patient Returns to Active Lifestyle: ‘I Would Always Go to UConn’

Emergency colonoscopy revealed need for a resection; ‘I’m very, very blessed’

Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Kwame Amankwah teaching Covenant Prep middle-schoolers in VAL.

Giving Back with Gratitude

Chief of Vascular Surgery at UConn Health giving back to Hartford middle school students with fun, educational hands-on teachings about health and medicine.

Happy patient Alicia hugging her surgeon.

ICU Nurse Still Beating Multiple Myeloma 16 years Later, and a Burst Aneurysm Too

This Thanksgiving season a grateful UConn Health patient shares how Vascular Surgeon Dr. Tina Kariya saved her life

Chair of Surgery, Dr. Kevin Staveley-O'Carroll (left) and Dr. Eric Kimchi, chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology, during a patient visit at UConn Health.

UConn Health Minute: Gastroesophageal Cancer

Gastroesophageal junction cancer is among the fastest growing cancers in the country. Chair of surgery at UConn Health, Dr. Kevin Staveley-O’Carroll, says treatment usually involves surgery and thanks to minimally invasive techniques, a patient’s recovery is much improved.

portrait of three physician assistants in scrubs in operating room

Physician Assistants Vital in OR and Beyond

UConn Health’s 73 PAs span specialties to deliver both inpatient and outpatient care

xray image of leg in bright colors

UConn Health Pioneering Innovative Limb Salvage Procedures

Dr. Justin D’Addario and the vascular team at UConn John Dempsey Hospital are at the forefront of new innovative limb salvage techniques

Borders with Dr. Boutrous.

Patient’s Legs Saved from Amputation by UConn Health Vascular Surgeon

"I am very grateful for my legs. I have Dr. Boutrous to thank and the staff at UConn Health," says Laurice Borders, 77, a very grateful UConn Health patient.